Shen Yuan, the proprietress of the capital’s top gambling house, owes thirty thousand taels and is forced to marry Gu Ling, the Northern Frontier General rumored to “bring death to his wives and children, and be sinister and ruthless.” Only on their wedding night does she discover that this fearsome god of slaughter is actually a severe social phobic: a touch makes him faint, a few words make him blush to the roots of his neck, and no maid in the manor dares to stay.
Shen Yuan: ??? What happened to the ruthless general I was promised?
Gu Ling: ...Madam, please don’t come any closer.
One is a bold proprietress focused on making money and building her business; the other is the best warrior in the land, but dead last at socializing, and pure-hearted to boot. They marry first and fall in love later, turning their act into reality, going from “forced to be bound together” to “it has to be you.” See how this mismatched couple joins forces to build a business, take down scoundrels, and shower each other with affection, sweet enough to make the whole capital swoon!
“I bring death to my wives.”
“Funny, I bring death to my husbands.”
